Where To See Concorde

When a British Airways Concorde made its first commercial supersonic flight from London to Bahrain in January, 1976, it was as if a new era in aviation history had begun. And in many ways it had.

Flights from London to New York began the following year, and typical flight times of just three and a half hours meant you effectively arrived in New York before you had left (thanks to the five hour time difference).

And in February, 1996, Concorde set a new record by doing the London to New York journey in less than three hours. Subsonic planes take around eight hours to complete the journey.

But perhaps surprisingly, a new era of supersonic flight had not dawned. Instead, the vast majority of passengers continued to board the much cheaper subsonic flights, even on routes flown by Concorde.

On the 10th of April 2003, British Airways and Air France jointly announced that they would retire Concorde later that year because of low passenger numbers following the Air France Concorde crash of 2000, the slump in air travel following 9/11 and rising maintenance costs.

And by the end of the year, Concorde was retired from the skies.

The British Airways fleet of seven Concordes are now on display at the following museums around the world:

Airbus UK, Filton, Bristol

Manchester Airport, Manchester

Museum of Flight, near Edinburgh

The Museum of Flight, Seattle, USA

The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, New York, USA

Grantley Adams Airport, Bridgetown, Barbados

At the Brooklands Museum in Weybridge, Surrey, you can go inside the first production Concorde built in Britain and experience a virtual flight taking you up to twice the speed of sound.

There are also hopes to have Concorde flying again - with Club Concorde campaigning to have a Concorde made airworthy so that it can be flown for the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain, on the 15th of September, 2010.

So maybe, just maybe, Concorde will take to the skies again. And then, maybe, just maybe, passenger flights will resume.

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	When a British Airways Concorde made its first commercial supersonic flight from London to Bahrain in January, 1976, it was as if a new era in aviation history had begun. And in many ways it had. Flights from London to New York began the following year, and typical flight times of just three and a half hours meant you effectively arrived in New York before you had left (thanks to the five hour time difference). And in February, 1996, Concorde set a new record by doing the London to New York journey in less than three hours. Subsonic planes take around eight hours to complete the journey. But perhaps surprisingly, a new era of supersonic flight had not dawned. Instead, the vast majority of passengers continued to board the much cheaper subsonic flights, even on routes flown by Concorde. On the 10th of April 2003, British Airways and Air France jointly announced that they would retire Concorde later that year because of low passenger numbers following the Air France Concorde crash of 2000, the slump in air travel following 9/11 and rising maintenance costs. And by the end of the year, Concorde was retired from the skies. The British Airways fleet of seven Concordes are now on display at the following museums around the world: Airbus UK, Filton, Bristol Manchester Airport, Manchester Museum of Flight, near Edinburgh The Museum of Flight, Seattle, USA The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, New York, USA Grantley Adams Airport, Bridgetown, Barbados At the Brooklands Museum in Weybridge, Surrey, you can go inside the first production Concorde built in Britain and experience a virtual flight taking you up to twice the speed of sound. There are also hopes to have Concorde flying again - with Club Concorde campaigning to have a Concorde made airworthy so that it can be flown for the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain, on the 15th of September, 2010. So maybe, just maybe, Concorde will take to the skies again. And then, maybe, just maybe, passenger flights will resume.

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